Floral Crossbody Bag

Hey, welcome everybody to our live event. I'm Brenda Ky Anderson and I'm very excited today to teach you guys how to make this project. This is the floral cross body bag and it is made of four granny squares. Um Three of them are one style and one of them has a little bit of a, a flower motif, a three dimensional flower motif in it. Um And I, this is just such a nice bag for summertime. Well, really any time of year, but I especially think of like, you know, festivals going out, not wanting to have, you know, something on your like that. You always have to be hanging on to with your hand, you can have your hands free. Um So this is just a great functional and fun and really cute piece to make so very excited to show you guys this today. Um Of course, this is a live event. I wanna welcome all of you. I'm so glad you guys are here. Um Whether you're returning or whether you've just found us for the first this time, I'm very glad that you are joining us. This is live events are really fun. For me to do. I really love it when you guys, um say hi and are active in the chat, um or if you have any suggestions or questions or anything like that, that definitely put that in the chat. Um As well as you know, if you need any clarifications or you're just wondering anything or if you have any suggestions on future projects. Um because speaking of that, this project is happened because of a suggestion that one of our viewers had, she wanted a uh a cross body bag that had a three dimensional floral, floral motif on it. So that's what we got going on here. So, um I love it when you guys have suggestions. You know, it makes me think outside of, you know, the things I'm normally thinking up. So it's fun for me to get, you know, get some ideas from you guys too. So, all right. So, um let's talk a little bit about, well, first we'll start by talking about the materials. So this is an awesome project for scrap busting. This is, you know, like if you have, um especially if you have a lot of dishcloth cotton, which is what I used here. Um Kitchen cotton, which is like a number four worsted weight cotton yarn. Um You can certainly use it in the, in the planned way that I have here where, you know, the color changes are all written out for you in the pattern. Um but you can also just use scraps of it and make the whole thing very scrappy. It does not need to be, you know, you don't need to have uh all the exact same yarn amounts. You can just use scrappiness throughout the whole bag. And that would be really fun too. I love the look of that. Um, so you're definitely gonna be needing some number four cotton yarn. You could also substitute with acrylic. Certainly. Um, the reason that I chose cotton was because I mean, to be wearing this on my body and it, it's gonna be summer time. I just wanted something that's a little cooler but also something that doesn't pill a lot because it's just gonna be, you know, I'm gonna be wearing it close. So, um, that, that's why I went with the cotton, but most certainly you can, you can definitely use acrylic. It would be a lighter weight. Um Plus there, there is a built in lining in this bag, so it's not gonna stretch out. So you don't need to worry about that aspect of the using of the acrylic or wool or you know, any of the yarns, um, that you would want to be using in this bag. It's pretty, pretty open actually. Um, ok, so you're gonna need, let's see, 12345 colors if you wanna follow my color patterning plan here. Um, otherwise if you don't wanna follow it, then you know, you determine your own amount of colors. So you'll need that. You're gonna need a crochet hook that gets you the right gauge. So my crochet hook is a G which is a four millimeter hook. Um But you will use whatever you need to in order to get gauge and gauge is just determined by, you start working on a square and you measure it and compare it to the gauge that's in the pattern. OK? So that's gonna tell you how large your bag is gonna turn out. It doesn't really matter if it turns out a little bigger or a little smaller as long as you don't care. Um But one thing to think about is you do want this to be a fairly firm fabric. So, you know, if you're using the same size yarn, I am and your squares are ending up quite a bit bigger, it's probably not going to have the structure that you would want it to have. So that's something to think about. OK. So you'll need the yarn, the hook, um a couple of stitch markers, removable stitch markers like these. It's the kind that you can take in and out of your work. Um You're going to be needing two D rings. So these D rings, um I put a link to these in the pattern so that you can see what I used. You know, they don't have to be these specific ones. But um the thing I like about these earrings is they don't have that little seam or that crack in the metal when you, you know, this is a solid piece. So even if it shifts around, it's not going to bend your, your, um, yarn is not going to snag on that little seam. A lot of times D rings kind of come together and they just meet up. So I, I particularly like these because it was a solid piece and it just seemed a little bit more sturdy to me. So that's why I chose these. But other D rings will certainly work. I don't wanna, you know, the there's nothing wrong with using the other D rings. Um And then you're going to need a zipper. So in this project, the cool thing is that you can adjust your zipper length for how wide you want it to be or the length of zipper that you already have. Um As long as you feel like it's long enough, it, of course, has to be, you know, wide enough that you can get your hand in and out and whatever it is that you're putting in there, if you have a larger phone, you're gonna want to think about that. Um But it, it's very adjustable, the size, the length of the zipper opening and we, we'll talk more about that when we get a little closer to that part of the project. Um But I did put a suggestion, I did mention how long my zipper is? Let me just check in here. I can let you know. Um let's see. Uh I said somewhere between six inches and 18 inches would be about how long you want your zipper to be. But my the zipper in my zipper in my sample is 10 inches. Ok, so that's that's what this one measures. Um, but you know, somewhere in there it could be a a smaller zipper could be a longer zipper, just depends on um what you want and then you will be needing a small amount of fabric. So this is actually lined on the inside here. You can see this fabric, this is a quilter cotton, um which is a great choice. It's, it's lighter weight, so it's not too heavy. Um But it's, it's uh a woven so it's not gonna let your bag stretch out. So that's, that's one thing that I really liked about um using this particular fabric, but lots of other kind of fabrics can be used as well. So one thing you wanna think about though is that your granny squares do have little holes between, you know, your clusters of stitches. So you are going to see the wrong side of your lining a little bit through there. So you just want to kind of blend in so it's not noticeable. So, you know, if I, if I chose a black lining here, you'd see those the black shining through here and maybe you, maybe that would be a design feature and you would like it like that. That's fine. Um, I just wanted to bring this up in case you're in case you don't wanna see that color coming through. Um, it's just something to think about when you're purchasing your lining fabric and a fat quarter would work for that as well. I think I had yardage uh, listed in here, um, quarter, yard um, of cotton or you can use a fat quarter. Ok. And then the last thing you're gonna be needing actually two things I forgot you're gonna need um something to mark your fabric. You can use a pencil. If it's a lighter colored fabric, you can use uh a fading marker like this one. This is just AAA marker that fades away or a marker that washes away. Um That's fine too, but it is, it's gonna be marked on your lining. So, I mean, maybe it doesn't even matter if it washes away, we'll just see like a little tiny bit of a line. I mean, you wouldn't even really see it because um it's gonna be between the lining and your uh the fabric of your, your crocheted fabric. It's gonna be in the middle there. So that doesn't really matter too much. Um And the last thing is is you're going to need a purchased strap. So this is an adjustable strap and I did link this exact strap in the in the download. Um because the strap comes in so many colors and a lot of these, the colors happened to match the brand and the type of yarn that I used, which is also in your download, you'll find the information for that in your download. Um So I wanted to make sure that I linked that to make it easier for you guys, but you can certainly, you know, use a different kind of strap. One thing you want to check for before, before you buy your strap is just make sure it's going to be the link that you need. So this is very adjustable. These straps are very adjustable. Um And if I want to wear this um as like a fanny pack or a bum bag, I needed to shorten my strap quite a bit in order to make it small enough. Um But so keep in mind that the length of your strap, that's just the length of the strap and then it clips onto your, the ends of your bag. So the length of the whole thing is going to be, you know, longer with your bag plus the length of the strap put together. So think about that when you're ordering your strap and you can for sure shorten your strap. So having a strap that's too long, it's easy to shorten. We'll get to that later. Um But you just wanna make sure your strap is going to be long enough. Ok? So, um this one has not been shortened yet here, I'll open it up so it adjusts with this little bar and it's quite long. Um So that's really nice that you have all this adjustable. So I am going to enjoy wearing this in multiple ways. You can wear it, you know, as a cross body bag over one shoulder across your body, you can wear it as a fanny pack or on the side of your hip. You know, there's lots of different ways to wear it. So, and having that adjustable strap is so nice because you can change around how you want to wear it exactly what length it is and all that stuff depending on what you're doing and it's great. All right. Um Stacy still is saying would the all in one granny square yarn work for this pattern? Um I don't know, I have not tested that yarn yet. I've been super curious about it. Um You could definitely try it but I don't know if it's the same amount of rounds and I don't know if it is the same gauge, it might work. Um But if that, if you already have that and you want to test it out, you could build your, your bag um in such a way that, that you just crochet until it is the size of whatever those granny squares are. I'm not really sure when you're finished. Um And then see if you like how big that square turned out compared to my square. So that, you know, you definitely gonna wanna check that. Um The other thing is, is you would not, I'm fairly certain that you would not be able to use that. Uh all in one granny square uh yarn for this part of the bag, it, you would have to make them all just regular granny squares. Um But you know, if you have that and you're excited to use that yarn, you could definitely test it out and then you can construct the bag in a similar way that I'm constructing it here. It just wouldn't be exactly with the same, same exact stitches. You wouldn't have this floral motif and stuff. It's a good question. Um And Claudia is saying, 00, it's something in Spanish. Saluto DEA Chile. Um I, I'm guessing you're from Chile. So welcome. I hope I didn't butcher all that. I'm so sorry if I did. Um But welcome Claudia. I'm glad that you're here. OK. All right. So let's see here. OK. So we're gonna start out by talking about the construction of the basic granny square, the regular granny square in this project. Let me just show you really quickly what these squares look like. Um when they're separated or when they're kind of laid out. So we're creating four squares here and we're working them all separately here. I've joined the four squares together with the first step. We'll get to that later, but we're going to be making three of these and then one of these floral ones. So we're gonna start out by making the regular granny Square and I'm gonna move fairly quickly through this part of the project because I have recently done, um, a couple, I have now done a couple of Granny Square project lives. Um So if you need a little more help, you can go ahead and watch those. I did link one of them. It's the picnic blanket tote. I did that a couple of weeks ago for Craft Sea. Um And there's an interesting tip in there on how to reduce the ends that you have to weave in. We're not gonna get into that today because we have a lot of other things to cover. But just in case you need a little bit of extra help or you're interested in that tip. I did put a link in your download for that. All right. So we're gonna start out, we're gonna be making our granny squares in this color way here. So we're gonna start out with the center color, which is gray and we're gonna begin by chaining four. So here we are, there's our slipknot on our hook and we're gonna chain 4123 and four. And now we're going to slip stitch into the very first chain to join this to make a tiny little circle. So we're gonna insert our hook into that first chain and we're gonna grab that yarn and pull through and pull through so that we slip stitched into the first. And now you can see there is a tiny little circle here in the middle that we're going to be working into and we're going to chain three here, 123. And now we're going to begin working our double crochets. So this is going to count as the first double crochet and we're gonna yarn over, insert into the middle of that circle yarn over, pull up a loop yarn over, pull through two yarn over, pull through two. That's the second double crochet. We're gonna do that again, yarn over, insert, you're over, pull up, you're over, pull through two yarn over, pull through two. OK. So we've got three double crochets so far here and then we're gonna chain to one and two and I forgot to mention that. Of course, this download is free you guys, it's a free download. Um So you can, you know, go ahead and download it and follow along that might be helpful. Um But you can always download it later. There's lots of step by step photos towards the end when it comes to the sewing parts because I know people are a little more nervous about that. Um And some helpful tips and all the, you know, the links to the, to the strap and also a list of all the exacts, you know, like the exact yarn I used and that sort of thing in the, in that download as well. Ok. So we have chain two because that's a corner and now we're going to do three double crochets into that same chain loop there. So one, two, three and then we'll chain two, we're at the next corner. Three more double crochets. One, two and three. Um, and Stacey is saying, I suppose it depends on the gauge. Yes, it does depend on the gauge. And also, yeah, the, the, the number of color repeats that you have and all that. I'm, I haven't used that yarn yet. So I'm not super, I mean, I know the, the premise of the yarn but I don't, I don't know how many repeats there are or anything like that. So, um and I do not think I'm pretty sure that, that granny square for the all in one yarn is made with spaces between your double crochet groups like in the, in the squares that I'm making here. There aren't chains between these um groups of three double crochets. There's only chains at the corners of the double crochet because that's how I normally like to make my granny squares because I like a more solid fabric, especially for something like this bag. Um And I'm pretty sure that that is not how that one works. I think there are chains between your groups. So it might, I don't know, I guess it depends on how adventurous you are? All right. So here we are at the last corner, we're gonna cha actually, instead of doing a chain two and adjoin, I'm gonna do a half, double crochet to join. So that what that means is instead of chaining two and joining over here to the top of that chain three, we're just going to make a half, double crochet into the top of that chain three. So that's gonna take the place of a chain, one of the chain two corners. And what that does is it leaves that working loop right at the corner of our granny square ready to work the next round. So we're gonna chain two or you can chain three here. It's up to you. Um I, sometimes I'll chain two and sometimes I'll chain three. It just depends on how tight I want that. I, I, if I feel like this is a little too tall, I'll chain two if, if, if it's um you know, it's just, it's kind of personal preference there. OK. So now we're gonna do two more double crochets into that same ha um half, double crochet join space. That's right here, that same corner space. So here's another double crochet and a this is the third, double crochet. It's really only the second one we made. But that chain two is counting as our first double crochet. So 12 and three. Now we're skipping across these three, double crochets and we're gonna work three double crochets into the next corner space one, two and three. And then we're gonna chain 21 and two. And then we're gonna do three more double crochets in this same corner space one, two and three, skip across those three double crochets. And then we're going to do three double crochets, chain 23, double crochets all into this space here. So every time we get to a corner, one of those chain, two spaces, we're gonna do three double crochets, chain 23, double crochets all into that chain. Two space and we are never working into our double crochets, but we're just gonna skip over them. So skipping all three here we are at another corner. So one, two, three change to and three more. One, 23. OK. That's where we are right now. And you can see this is where we started. We are going to end with three double crochets and then we're gonna join with the half, double crochet um the same as we joined before. So we're skipping those three double crochet. And in that very first chain space that we worked in actually, was that um just that corner space, we're doing three more double crochets, 123 to complete this corner. And then we're gonna end with a half, double crochet into the top of that chain two or it could be a chain three just like that. OK. So then we are ready to add our next color, but I'm going, I'm not going to fasten off this color because we're gonna end up using this after the next round. So I'm just gonna grab my next color and I'm going to make a yarn over and pull through that last chain. And then I'm going to grab onto that ending yarn tail of the first color and pull that until this chain disappears. See it turned into nothing and then I'm gonna make sure I don't crochet over this chain nor a lot of times I like to uh sorry, uh the strand of yarn. A lot of times I like to crochet over my ends, but we're gonna be using that later. So I am going to just hold that out of the way. So I don't crochet over it. I don't want to encase it or anything. And then we're gonna start out here with two or three chains. However many you wanna do, I'm gonna do um, three here and then we are going to work into that same corner space. Ok. So we're gonna make two double crochets, one and two. We're gonna skip across these three double crochets and work into that little window that's between groups of three double crochets. So we're gonna put three double crochets there. One, two, three. And then we're gonna skip over the next three, double crochets and we've ended at a corner here. So we're going to do three double crochets chain 23, double crochets two and three. There's the first three, double crochets, chain two and then three more double crochets So we got to the next space we're skipping over our double crochets and this is not a corner. So we're only placing three double crochets there one, two, three. And the next space we have to work into is a corner. So we're gonna do three double crochets chain 23, double crochets. So as you work around, just ask yourself, is this a corner? And if it's a corner, you're gonna do three double crochets chain 23, double crochets if it is not a corner, but it's a space between groups of three double crochets, then that means you just place three double crochets into that space. For example, right here, there's a group of three double crochets. There's a group of three, double crochets. So you put your group of three, double crochets right in the middle of those two. Yeah, and we'll move to the next corner here. Chain two, three, double crochets, 12, three and three, double crochets into that space between groups And here we are at the corner that we first started at. So we're going to do three double crochets here, one, two and three. And then we're gonna join with a half, double crochet right here and then we're going to cut our yarn since we don't need this color anymore. In the square and just pull that through. Ok. So then on the next round, we're gonna use the gray again. So in order to do that, you can just place your hook right in that chain space or that corner space and you can bring your gray yarn up the back straight up there and you just pull that through and you might think, well, that's kind of ugly, that little strand there, but we're gonna crochet over it to move it over to the side. So it's fine. So we're going to chain 3123. And now at this point, we can crochet over that gray right there, just push it over to the side and we're gonna do two double crochets right here. One and two. And so you can't even see that strand of gray anymore. And then you're gonna continue your way around. So you're just gonna continue working in these rounds every time you get to a space between those groups of three double crochets. If it is not a corner, you just put three, double c double crochets. If it is a corner, you do three, double crochets, chain 23, double crochets and then you will do a half, double crochet to join at the end of each round. So just pay attention when you get to the end of the round, pay attention. Is this a color I'm gonna be using, you know, after the next round or in the next round. Um If it isn't, then you can go ahead and fasten off and if it is just let it hang on the back of your work. Ok? So now I'm gonna be showing you. Let's see. Ok? Um So you're just gonna continue following your pattern. You're gonna work. Let's see. 1234567 rounds changing color as you are instructed to, um, the pattern will tell you, you know what rounds are and which color. So you can go ahead and read that there is also a chart in case you're a chart person, I will show you that if you like looking at charts, I've got a granny square chart right here so you can go ahead and follow that. You could even highlight the, the rounds in the color that you're going to be working it in. Um You, you know, use a color cray or colored pencil or a highlighter or something. Um Just to help you out if that's uh if you're a very visual person, it might be helpful to have that. I am going to be showing you next how to create the floral granny square. And I, I'm gonna be using this chart to teach from because I feel like it's a little bit easier than reading through the directions. But just know if you are not a chart person, if you're a directions person, all of the instructions are written out for you in the pattern. No problem. OK. So we're gonna start with that pink yarn again and we're gonna begin right in the middle by chaining three. So this very first round is definitely the trickiest of the whole square. And it's because we're putting a whole bunch of stitches into one spot. We're really cramming them in there and because this is a cotton yarn, it really doesn't squish very much. Um So if you're trying this and you're thinking, oh, I will never be able to get all those stitches in there. Um I do have some tricks to show you as I'm as we're working on this, but just know if you're ha if that is the thing that's holding you back, you can always chain more and make that ring a little bit bigger. And then later I will show you how to shrink it back down. Um So that it doesn't make the center of your square kind of poke out. OK. So we're gonna start by chaining six and don't make your chain super tight. You may find that you want to chain a little bit more. That's fine too. But just for to begin with, try, try um beginning with just six chains And then we're going to make a slip stitch into the first chain just like we did when we made our other granny square and they were going to chain 3123. So the next stitch is called a Popcorn Petal. I think that's what I called it. Let's see. Yes. PP stands for popcorn puddle. And the way that we're gonna do this is it's, it's like making a whole bunch of trouble crochet stitches and then you kind of make a popcorn out of it. And if you've never done that before, that's OK. I'm gonna show you. So we chain three and then to start a popcorn puddle, you're going to chain one to begin. So you're gonna start with that chain one and then you're gonna do five Treble crochets into that chain space. So a Treble crochet you yarn over twice and then you insert yarn over, pull up a loop. You aren't over, pull through two. You aren't over, pull through two, yarn over, pull through two. OK. So, so far we have a chain three plus a chain one plus one. Treble. Now we're gonna do four more Trebles. You're over twice. Insert, you're an over, pull up a loop. You're an over pull through two. You're an over pull through two. You're an over pull through two. All right, we're gonna do three more of those. One, two and three. So now we have a total of what we've got our chain three and then a chain one right there and that chain one, it really belongs to the popcorn paddle and you'll see in just a minute and then we've got five t troubles 1234 and five. So we're gonna place our hook, we remove our hook from the loop and you can um lengthen it a little bit, then you're gonna place your hook into that chain one that was right before you made all those troubles. And then you're gonna put that loop back on the hook and tighten it up and then you're gonna bring that loop through that chain chain one and that makes your piece kind of become like a little three dimensional there. So, and then we're gonna kind of push this over. We kind of have to smush all these over to the side a little. OK. And right after we do a popcorn puddle, we're gonna do a Treble crochet into this into this ring. So 12 and three and then we're gonna um begin again. So we're gonna do another popcorn pedal. So we chain one and then we do three Trebles, I mean, sorry, five Trebles, one, two, three, four and five. Just like that. We remove our hook from that loop, place it in that chain one right before the five troubles, put the loop back on and pull that through. And then we're gonna slide this over. Make that nice and close, nice and tight down at the base there. Then we're gonna do another Treble crochet right next to our popcorn puddle. So there's our Treble. Then we're gonna do another popcorn petal. I'll do one more chain 15 Treble crochets one, or, and five. And then we're going to remove our hook, place it in that chain one. OK? Not in the space but actually through that chain one. And then we're gonna grab that empty loop, pull it through and slide it over. See, I'm kind of just putting my thumb in here and pushing that to the side to make sure they're gonna have room enough for all eight here. And then after that, we do another trouble. So if you take a look at this chart, we started here. Those are three chains. That's a popcorn peddle. Then we did a Treble popcorn pedal, Treble. So we're just alternating between popcorn pedals and Trebles all the way around. Um And then we're gonna end with a Treble and then we're gonna make a slip stitch join to that very first Treble we made. And so the thing about, let me show you here, I'll undo this just a little bit so I can show you that slip stitch join. This is what it looks like when here we go. We, we've got all eight, let's see. We ended with a Treble here after our popcorn pedal and then we're gonna slip stitch not to the popcorn pedal, but we're gonna slip stitch to the top of the first Treble we made, which is right here. And the first Treble that counts as an actual treble, which is right there. It's after the first popcorn puddle. So we're gonna make our slip stitch right there and then we're just going to cut our yarn and pull through like that. So that is our first round. And if you ended up having to make this a larger chain in order to get all those stitches in there, um, it does help with practice. You will be able to kind of push those over and make things fit, but you can certainly make that hole a little smaller. And I like to make this as small as I can. It really helps that square lay nice and flat. So I just use the beginning yarn tail and I si use a yarn needle and I send it through the loops at the back of the work like in that, you know, very first round and you don't have to get it through every single loop, but you just need to get it through enough loops. So that when you pull on it, it kind of cinches your piece in a little bit. It'll draw it in there. Couple more loops. Here we are. Ok. So then we can pull on that and make that hole a little smaller. Sorry. You know, it's hard to see with my fingers kind of in the way, but that's a smaller hole now and then you can, you can't just cut it off, you have to weave it back and forth in a couple of directions in order to make sure that that does not loosen itself up because it will, your cotton yarn is fairly slippery and over time it'll loosen up unless you weave it back and forth a little bit before you trim it. So even if you got away with those six slip stitches to start with, you still, you know, could try and make the center of that just a little smaller. It'll help your square lay a little flatter without um aggressive blocking or anything like that. Ok? So that is the first round. So the second round, we're gonna add orange to our piece and we're gonna start here on the chart. It's the, the first blue round here. So we're going to make a slip stitch to that first treble that we made. That's where we made our slip stitch two already um from our last round. So, um and actually you can start with a slip knot on your hook if you want to or you can just pick up a loop in that the top of that trouble. It doesn't really matter how you join your yarn, we'll just insert our hook right here and grab that yarn and then we're going to chain 312 and three just like that. OK? So now we're going to be working our way around and we're not gonna work into any of the popcorn petals. We're only working into those treble crochets that are between so kind of move them to the side and you'll see there's the treble crochet between each one of those. That's where we're working into the top of each of those. So we're gonna be placing two popcorn petals and two Trebles into each stitch. OK. So this first chain does not count as a stitch. We just ignore it and then we're gonna do another popcorn puddle. So we're gonna, we're gonna, oops, we're gonna chain one right there. And then we're going to make our, the rest of our popcorn pedal, which is a Treble five Treble crochets. Sorry. And maybe I should explain that that chain that I just did just before I started doing that Treble, that's part of the sequence to make the popcorn peddle. That's the chain that we put our hook through later. OK. So we did the first Treble, second, third force and fifth. Then we're gonna place our hook in that chain right before all of those Trebles. Put that loop back on our hook and draw that through to make another little pedal. Now, we're going to do a Treble crochet into that same space and then we're gonna start that sequence again with a chain. 15 troubles in that same space, one to three, four and five, put our hook right back in that first chain that we did right before all those troubles, put the working loop back on and pull it through then we're going to do another Treble into that same space. We're really packing these stitches in here pretty close. Ok. So we've got Treble, uh sorry, popcorn, peddle Treble, popcorn, peddle Treble. And then we move on to the next Treble stitch from round one, which is right here. So we're gonna do the same thing. So we're gonna start with the popcorn pedal. So we start with that chain and then the five Trebles one, two, three. Yeah. Four, 10 5. Find that chain space before the Trebles. Put that fresh hook or loop back on, pull it through and make a Treble stitch here. OK? And then we will do one more popcorn pedal and a Treble in that same stitch. So chain one, 5123. So that's the first trouble. Second, third force. Yeah. And this, oh, somehow I lost my little chain but I'll just place my hook here. I think I must have undone. Yeah. There's supposed to be a chain right there between my, my Treble and my next. Oh, there it is. I, I'm sorry, I just reached back a little too far. OK. So there's my chain right there and my five Trebles and I'll place my working loop back on and close that up and then work another Treble here into that same stitch. Oops, that was a double, I think. 12 and three. OK. So what we have going on here is we are just doing basically the same thing we did on this round except we're only working into our treble stitches from round one and in each Treble stitch, we're doing a sequence of popcorn, pedal Treble popcorn, popcorn, pedal Treble in each of those stitches around. So we'll have twice as many pedals at the end of the round. Let me show you what that looks like here. All right. So we're almost all the way around here. I'm just going to do the very last one and then do a join. So here's my last trouble that I'm working into. We start with that chain one and then we're gonna do five troubles and then we'll do another Treble here. 12 and three. Now we're gonna do another popcorn puddle chain one and we'll do our five troubles one, two. Oops miss a yarn over there. Two, three, four and five. And we will grab that chain with the loop back on and end with the Treble right next to that, that popcorn puddle there. Ok. So there's our last treble of the round again. We're going to join into that first Treble that we made, which is over here on the other side of that the first petal. So I'll do a slip stitch right there to join and then we will fasten off. All right. So on the next round. Hm. We're going to make the leaves. So we are going to start at the corner by um, let's see, I'll put a slip knot on my hook to start. You could also just pull up a loop and we, uh, you can really choose any of the, the troubles that, you know, it doesn't really make a difference where you put it. But, um, if we were following this chart, we would find the trouble. That was right before that last slip stitch. Join that we did. So, let's see. Here's our slip stitch. Join this trouble right here would be where we would begin. So we're going, I'll do a little slip stitch there to join my yarn to start working. Um And then I'm going to chain 3123 and then I'm gonna make the first of the little leaves and this is just a, let's see what uh beginning 33, double crochet cluster because that includes that chain. So we're gonna yarn over, insert yarn over, pull up, yarn over, pull through two and stop and yarn over, insert yarn over, pull up, yarn over, pull through two and stop. Then we're gonna yarn over and pull through all three stitches to complete that cluster there. And then we're gonna change to one and two and into that same treble space. We're gonna do another two leaves. So this one's a little taller. So it's made with treble stitches. So we'll yarn over twice. Insert, you're an over, pull up a loop, you're an over, pull through two, you're an over pull through two and stop. You're an over twice insert, you're an over, pull up a loop, you're an over pull through two, you're an over, pull through two and stop. I repeat that again. Ok. So now we have four loops on our hook. You're an over pull through all four and then we're gonna chain 21 and two. And now we're gonna do a little shorter leaf here. So we're going to you an over insert. You're an over, pull up a loop. You're an over, pull through two and stop. You're an over insert. You're an over pull up loop. You're an over pull through two and stop. You're an over insert. You're an over, pull up a loop, you're over, pull through two and stop. And now we have four loops on our hook. We're gonna yarn over and pull through all four. OK? So we're gonna be making this at all four of the corners and in between, we're just gonna be chaining 11 stitches. So 123456789, 1011. OK. So now we're going to skip over here is these two popcorn petals. We're skipping those. We're skipping the next two as well. And then we're gonna begin working into that trouble stitch right after those. Basically, we're skipping four popcorn p puddles and we're working into the following trouble. So we will make the smaller of the leaves here. So we're basically doing three partial double crochets. We're waiting on that last yarn over, pull through to do them all together. So that brings them all together at the top. Then we chain two and now we're gonna do that exact same thing. But basically like a treble. So you yarn over twice, pull through two, pull through two and stop. So you're doing all, but that last yarn over, pull through to complete the stitch. You're waiting until you get three stitches made or three partial stitches made and then you're gonna yarn over and pull through everything all together. Oops, I think I left. Not sure if I had enough yarn overs there. One and two. There we go. So now we have four loops, we're gonna yarn over and pull through everything. See that one's a little taller than this one and then we're gonna change you and now we're gonna do a shorter one. So those are with the um partially completed double crochets. So there's three, partially completed and we're going to pull through all of that and then we're gonna chain 11 123456789, We're gonna skip four petals and then we're gonna repeat that same, the same thing that we just did. So one of the shorter leaves change two and then the taller leaves which are made out of almost um you know, three troubles there. You aren't over and pull through all four chain two and now we're gonna do another of the smaller leaves and there are, you know directions on how to do all of these stitches in your pattern. Download in case I'm going a little quick, I, I do have a lot to pack in here. So um I'm trying to go a little bit faster. All right. So there's our 11 chains. We're gonna skip these four petals and then we're going to do our smaller leaf chain, two taller leaf and chain two and whoops. And then a smaller leaf here. There we go. And now we're gonna chain 11, 6789, 10 and 11. All right. And now we are going to make a slip stitch join into the top of that first leaf that we made right there and then we're gonna fasten off. OK. So the next round which is a round four, we are going to be working that with our, our, I think of this as the background color, but we're gonna be doing gray in this sample here and we are going to pull up a loop between the tallest leaf and the shorter leaf that comes after it. So right here, just going to slip stitch and then chain one that doesn't count as anything that's just us joining our yarn. And then we're gonna do three single crochets into that chain two space one, And now we are going to be working. It's kind of the beginning of the granny square pattern again. Um But we're working around this chain to kind of encase it. So we're gonna do three double crochets into that trouble right there. So we're gonna yarn over insert and just make sure that that is laying right on top of your work. So you can trap it. You're an over, pull up a loop, you're an over pull through two, you're an over pull through two. We're gonna do that two more times in that same space. OK? So there's our first group of three, double crochets. Then we're gonna move on to the next Treble and we're gonna do three more double crochets here. and three. Yeah, and move on to that next Treble there. And we're going to do three double crochets here as well. One, two, three. And then now we've made it over to this group of leaves. We're going to do three single crochets into this chain two space 123. And then we chain two at the corner and then we're gonna do three doub uh sorry, three single crochets right here in that chain two space. I'm not sure if I called them single or double, but over here on these chain, two spaces between leaves, those are supposed to be single crochet. And then we come over here to that first trouble between our uh popcorn petals. And again, we wanna trap that chain 11, you know that 11 chain stitches that we did we're trapping that when we make these double crochets. And you can see, I'm kind of pulling on this to sort of even out that chain because sometimes it gets a little bunchy or a little bit stretched out. So you just want it to be nice and even in there and you can even that out by just kind of pulling on it a little bit after you've made those double crochets. All right. So you were just gonna continue making those three and crochets into the chain two spaces between your leaves and working those groups of three double crochets and making sure you're encasing that chain space and you're gonna finish up working three single crochets here. And then you can, you can join with a half, double crochet to the top of that first single crochet that you made. And then you can see here on the following two rounds. It's really just the same granny square stitch pattern that we've already talked about from the other type of granny square. So once you get all four of your pieces put together, you're going to sew them together into this sort of t shape here. So you've got the flower one in the middle and then um a regular grainy grainy square on the side, a regular one here, a regular one down there and you can just use a whip stitch. And I will show you how to do that when I seam the next um seam the next seam. So when we want to finish up this bag construction, this side here is going to get stitched to this. So these two will get stitched together. Let's just flip it over. So it's a little easier to look at. Um, and the same thing with this side, this edge is getting stitched here. So it's gonna get folded up like that. So what you want basically are you wanna see a triangle on each end, you know, from a folded square and then the square in the middle and to do the whip stitch. I mean, you can use any seaming technique. You would like, if you wanna crochet these together, you can um however you wanna do it. I like using whip stitch here because it lays nice and flat and I also have control over it, not stretching out too much. And I um you know, this is a pretty small bag so you don't have to worry about it too much, but I like to give it that little bit of structure um from these seams that you wouldn't get necessarily if you were crocheting them together, it would be a little bit stretchier, probably. OK. So you're just going to be going underneath both sets of loops from, you know, this edge and this edge and pulling that together just like that. All right. So you would seam all along here, you would seam all along here. And then after you complete that after you do all your steaming, then you're going to pick up a loop at this corner of your bag right here in that chain space and you are going to begin working around the top of your bag. So let me just do that here. I've got um this is a slightly darker orange. It would be, but that's actually probably good because maybe you can see the contrast between the two a little bit. Um But this would be the same color in my pattern. I'll instruct you to use the same color as this last round of your granny squares were made with, um because it blends in a little bit, but you can certainly use whatever color you feel like using. Of course. So I'm just going to pick up a loop here and then work a single crochet into that chain space at, you know, on the very corner. And then you're gonna make a single crochet into the top of each double crochet across. And then when you get to all the way over here and you've, you can see that you've got those little corner spaces again, you'll put two single crochets into this corner space and two crochets single crochets sorry into this corner space. Ok. So any time you get to a corner space, you place two single crochets. Even when you're at one of these pointy corners here, you're just gonna put two single crochets. So we started with the one single crochet. We're gonna work all the way around and we'll end up over here and then we'll place another single crochet into that same, um, into that same corner space. And then we'll make a slip stitch join. And then, um, actually we're, we'll fasten off because we're gonna change to the next color. OK? And then when you change to the next color, all you have to do is insert your hook, pull up a new color chain one and then continue your way around. So we're working in joined rounds here just because of those color changes. Um And you're going to continue uh creating that slip stitch border at the top and let me show you at what point you will need to stop after you have worked after you've switched to, you know, the second color, then that's the point where you make yourself a lining. So to do that, you are just going to go ahead and take your fabric and this is doubled here. I'm gonna put it so that the right sides are together. So you can see that's the printed side. I'm gonna flip it over so that we're looking at the wrong side of the fabric and then you'll place your bag right on top of that and then you can use a pencil or your, your fading marker or your washable marker, whatever you have and you're just gonna trace right along that all those edges all the way around the whole bag. So just kind of position it. So it looks nice. It looks like it's folded pretty well. It looks symmetrical. Um You could certainly, if you wanted to be real careful about it, you could certainly trace this onto a piece of paper, fold it in half and kind of true it up so that it's perfectly symmetrical. That's not something that I felt was necessary just for, you know, making one bag. Oh, my marker is a little bit dry here. Hopefully you guys can see this, but I'm just tracing right along all of the edges. That is pretty faint. I'm sorry, you guys, I thought my marker was a little better than that. I grabbed the wrong marker this morning. Ok. But, um, I can see it. Ok? But just know, you know, I've traced my piece and you can, and then after that, you can pin this together if you feel like it's gonna move on you. But then you're just gonna cut so that you have a half of an inch or whatever seam allowance you would like to have just to the outside of your line. Ok. There we go. And I'm gonna cut the top as well. Again, half inch seam allowance here. Ok. And then, um, if you are lucky enough to have a sewing machine, then you would just run this through your sewing machine right here on this line. You can start right on the edge and just go right on top of that line of that bottom curve of the bag. You're just gonna do a straight stitch and that's all you need to do. Um, if you do not have a sewing machine that is OK. I would recommend just doing a back stitch. So that way it's a little bit stronger. I'll just show you very quickly for like one inch what that looks like because we're running a little short on time here. So I've got, um, I've got my thread doubled here and a knot in the end. And then you're just going to take, if you are a right-handed stitcher, your needle is going to be facing to your left as you stitch and think of this as whole steps and half steps. So we went, we went, um, a step forward and we're gonna go a, a half a step back and then a s a whole step forward. So you can see right there. My throat is a little twisted here. This is what happens when you rush. So, OK, so you're gonna go a half a step back and then a whole step forward like that. OK? So the reason that I'm instructing you to do this back stitch is so that you have lots of small stitches that are close to each other and it's not going to, you know, because because the bottom of your bag is going, that's where your keys are gonna be, that's where your phone's gonna be banging into. That's where the most stress is gonna be right on the seam and you want it to be a nice solid seam here. Ok. So you're just gonna continue that all the way across. That's what it looks like on the front. That's what it looks like on the back and go ahead and nod it off. I will continue that one later. So, um, let's grab this one here. One little thing that I did do. If you, if you are a person who is pretty comfortable sewing on the sewing machine, I also did a second step of seaming across the bottom where I took my steam allowances. So here's my half inch steam allowances right there and I press them over to the side. You can do this with an iron or you can finger press it or you can just be careful when you're sending it through your machine. And I did a zig zag right out right along this edge on and off to sort of trap the edge of that fabric. And as you run it through your sewing machine, you're going to have to be, you know, just kind of placing it with your hands like this. So that way you can just sort of sew all the, the seam allowances to one side. And what that does is it just gives you that extra strength at the bottom. You've got two lines of stitching plus your seam allowance isn't going to be sticking out. This is definitely like the cherry on top kind of thing. You definitely do not need to do that. So, if you're like, oh, Brenda, you lost me there. Um, don't even worry about that. That's just for, you know, a little extra credit if you're into sewing and you have a sewing machine. So this is what that looks like. I've already zigzagged it over to the side. Um My steam allowances are right here. That was my original steam line, pressed them over and there they are. Ok. So at that point, um then after you've made your lining, you will continue with your bag and there are pictures of, of this in the download, but you're gonna continue making another round and then you will figure out where your zipper goes. So to figure that out, you decide however wide you want your zipper to be and then you're gonna place a stitch marker in each end of where that is. So let's just say, you know, you wanted your zipper to be about this wide. For me, I placed, I looked at where these groups of three double crochets are and I just placed a stitch marker right up above that. That's how I determined where I wanted the ends of my zipper to be. So for right here, there's a group of three double crochets. Another group I'm looking at the pink ones here. And then I placed a stitch marker there. So that's how I decided how wide I wanted mine to be. Maybe your zipper is narrower. You only want it to come to here, you know, or here, whatever it is, you just wanna have an equal distance from the center of the flower to that stitch marker in the center of a flower to that stitch marker. And you can certainly eyeball this. You don't need to measure it. You don't have to count stitches unless it helps you. It's not a big deal. Ok? So then once you've marked that as you're working your way around, you're gonna be coming across here and when you get to that stitch marker, that will be the last stitch you work and then you're going to chain and chain and chain and chain until you've changed chained as many stitches as you are going to skip. So if you're skipping 40 stitches, you're gonna make 40 chains and then you're gonna work your next stitch into that marked stitch and continue your way around. So what that does is it makes that little gap a little window and later we're gonna sew our zipper into that. Then we do a couple more rounds and then we change color for the very last round just for a little accent. You don't have to do that. But that's um that's what I instruct you to do in the pattern. So this is what your piece will look like. You can see here is where we skipped all those chains and then the next step is to put your zipper in. So in order to do that, and I actually, I'm gonna be going through this a little bit quickly because we're running out of time. Um But I do have a video on the creative corner crochet corner website and how to put in a zipper. I have also done a couple of other live events where I've put zippers in as well, so you can check those out. Um This one is a little bit easier than my other live events though, I think because you just have to put the zipper in flat. You're not in the other live events. I've been putting my zipper in um like at the top of the bag. So you'd be placing it in between these two, two edges, but because we skipped that little spot, it makes it so easy to just lay your zipper in there and you don't have to be, you know, carefully matching up things and awkwardly pinning things just makes it a lot easier. Ok. So what I'm doing right now is I'm going to shorten the zipper because my zipper is too long. So I'm gonna place it here. That's about where I want the end of my zipper to be and I am going to stitch around it a couple of times here and if I was taking my time, I'd stitch around it quite solidly because, um, you just don't want that to, to separate and of course you'd be using a matching thread. I'm using this darker color so that you guys can see what I'm doing. But basically I'm just stitching around the teeth here and this is what's gonna hold your zipper closed. And you can also do this, you know, if you want to sew the top of your zipper together too. You can as well if that helps you. Um, you don't have to and I'm going to just tie a knot back here and leave it hanging because I am going to be using this to attach my zipper in a minute. Ok. So then we just cut off the end of the zipper. You can cut because it's nylon teeth, you can cut right through that. If you have metal teeth, you kind of have to wiggle your scissors. Don't use your best scissors um to get between those teeth, but you can certainly cut through that and then you can just use a lighter to melt the end. Normally, zippers ha have a synthetic tape that will melt and so I melted it just so that it would not fret. And then you place your zipper back here behind that opening there and put some pins in to hold it in place just like that. And same thing with the bottom edge there. I like to get the whole thing pinned in before I start sewing. And there are some pictures of this in your download if you need a little extra help. Um, normally when I sew zippers into crochet things, I will sew it twice. So, let's see. I'm just gonna wiggle my way back over to where this opening is. Um, I'm gonna come out down here. I don't know how, well you guys can see this, but I'm going to be stitching right along just underneath where those where the, the top edge of the um the crochet stitches are. So I'm gonna go in and out and I like to do uh you can, you can do a backstitch here or you can do a running stitch here. I prefer doing a backstitch just cause it's stronger. So again, we're going to be going half a step back and a whole step forward and I'm just keeping my stitches horizontal here. I'm not doing a whip stitch in this direction. I'm doing a little horizontal stitches just below the edge of that. You know, the tops of your stitches right there and you just wanna make sure the tops of your stitches are far enough away from the zipper teeth that when you open and close your zipper, you, you are not snagging your stitches um because that can happen if it's a little too close. So you wanna see a little bit of a gap between the zipper teeth and the top edge of your crocheted fabric. OK. So you will stitch that all the way across here and all the way across the top edge as well. And then I like when I'm done with that, I will often do a little whip stitch right around the edge, catching the edge of that, um, the zipper tape and stitching it into the crochet fabric. You don't want to make a large stitch so that you see it on the front, but you just can make kind of small stitches just to make it a little bit more secure after your zipper is put set in, then you can place your lining right inside your bag. So you're gonna have your lining so that the right side is in and you're gonna slide that right inside your bag like this. And just, you know, you can just feel where the seam line is for the bottom of that lining, make sure that it's in there nice all the way to the bottom. If it helps you, you could put something in your bag to help weight it down, kind of do that. Um And then you are going to tuck the edge of your lining to the inside and you're going to just do a little small whip stitch along the edge of your fabric, your folded fabric into the crochet. And for the, let me flip this over so you can see a little better for the side that has the zipper, you're going to, you just need to make sure your lining is below those zipper teeth. And so when you're doing your whip stitch, it should not be in the way of um, you don't want it to be in the way of the, the slide that uh the zipper pull, you don't want it to get in the way of all that so you can move it down just a little bit here. So, and once you have your zipper all stitched in, you can see there will be that stitching line and that will help you place it. You can put it right on top of that stitching line right there that you've already because you know that that's gonna be out of the way of your zipper um as it goes past. So you'll just do a little whip stitch, whip stitch that whole thing all the way around. And after you've put your lining in, that's when you can finish up the, the top of the bag. So you'll just fold these, this together, matching up your crochet edges and you're gonna do a slip stitch through both. Um Here, let me just do one here. I'll put that on my hook. You're gonna do a slip stitch through both layers in order to seam it together. So just make sure your hook goes through underneath both edges just like that and you're going to just slip stitch that all the way across your bag to close up the top. Then after you finish that, you are going to make these little squares. This is just single crochet worked back and forth in turn rows and then you're gonna place a little D ring on each of these squares, uh kind of like a rectangle, I guess and match up the kind of rough turned edges. That's what you're going to be seaming to the bag. So you'll fold those two together and then you're going to place that right to the backside of your piece like that. So that just the very edge of that folded bit kind of sticks out and you're gonna use your yarn needle and these yarn tails to do a whip stitch all along, catching all of this and stitching it into your bag. I'm not gonna do it now because my lining isn't in there. Um So you're gonna be just stitching it into the fabric and you can stitch up along this edge just a little bit to make that nice and tight. And that will keep your D ring from sliding, slide, flipping around backwards upside down. If you are able to just kind of slit uh whip stitch this closed a little bit all the way up to the edge of your, your D ring. So you'll get both of your D rings put on one to each end of the bag and then you can just go ahead and clip your strap on and then you're finished. But if you need to shorten your strap, I just wanted to show you one more little tip before we're done here. Um If you need to shorten your strap, what you're gonna do if you, if you purchase the same type of strap that has this sliding buckle here instead of shortening it from this end because you are going to see that stitching and unless you have exactly the right color thread and you're a very careful stitcher, it might not look so super duper perfect as this looks. So if you shorten it from the other end, from this end here, then it's going to be hidden and you're not gonna see. Let me show you what I mean because I've already shortened this side here. See, I stitched it in this contrast in green. So you could see where I stitched it. I didn't even stitch it that close to this buckle. But when you're wearing this, all you see is this, you don't actually see that stitching line at all and if I had stitched it in yellow, it would look very professional. It would have looked completely fine. I just stitched it in green. So you could actually see where I made my new stitching line after I shortened it. Ok. So my advice, if you're going to be shortening a buckle like this is, first of all, um, lay it on its side and take a photo, I know, this sounds ridiculous, but it's very easy to forget how this all works. Take a photo of how this buckle part fits and then take a bigger photo that shows all of the edges as well before you move anything, then you can slide this out of the way here and you can see this piece is on the inside and it wraps from this side around that center bar and back down. So we're gonna make sure that we do that again. So I'm gonna cut this off of here. I'm just gonna slide my scissors into that loop and pull that out. And then I am going to cut off what I think I need to, to make it short enough. So I'm gonna cut it about here and then I'm going to melt the ends because again, this is usually a synthetic. I mean, you should check and make sure that it's not gonna be a cotton, but likely it's a synthetic and so you can melt the end. So they don't fray and then remember how this was going in through here and then out on this side of the bar and then we can go ahead and fold it and steam it here. I'm just gonna leave this here for a minute so you can see what's going on. Um So that's about as close as I can get to the bar when I put it under my machine. And you can certainly do this by hand, you can absolutely do this by hand. Just make sure that it's strong and you're using like a button thread or something that's a little heavier weight. And then here I'll just put a pin in it for now and then once you stitch that it'll be good as new on the outside, it'll look perfect like you never even altered it. Ok. So that's just the easier way to kind of fix that little end and there are notes about that as well, directions about that inside the download in case um you, you know, you need a little bit more help with that. All right, it looks like I don't think we have any more questions. Um ok. All right. Thank you guys so much for joining me. If you guys are around in about 15 minutes, I'm gonna be doing another live event and it's all about teaching kids to crochet, but this of course, also applies to fun loving adults who wanna make something kind of fun for their first project. Um And so yeah, so join me again in 15 minutes if you're able. Um Otherwise I'll see you in another live. Thank you guys so much for joining me. It's been really fun. I hope you guys enjoy your new bags. Bye.